CVE-2015-4171
strongswan: rogue servers are able to gain user credentials from a client in certain IKEv2 setups
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · June 8, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
strongSwan 4.3.0 through 5.x before 5.3.2 and strongSwan VPN Client before 1.4.6, when using EAP or pre-shared keys for authenticating an IKEv2 connection, does not enforce server authentication restrictions until the entire authentication process is complete, which allows remote servers to obtain credentials by using a valid certificate and then reading the responses.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of strongimcv as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as they did not include support for IKEv2.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 1.4AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE not specified